We are delighted to have opportunities for enthusiastic and dedicated mental health support workers to join us and work within a busy and innovative CAMHS Outreach service to offer Home Treatment for young people with eating disorders. If you feel you are a good fit for this role, we advise that you submit your application ASAP as we will be capping the number of applications.
Our service operates from 8am - 8pm 7 days a week, across Bristol, South Glos & North Somerset. We are looking for staff to cover these areas. Due to the wide patch we cover, a driving licence and car to allow the ability to travel across these areas is crucial to the role.
The roles will include a variety of training opportunities, including internal training in family based treatment for Eating Disorders, CBT-E, and crisis support and supported eating.
This is a developing service, which will enhance our current offer to young people who have eating problems. This includes community nursing and acute hospital support. The team operates at the interface of Acute Hospitals, Home Treatment and Inpatient Admission, alongside locality CAMHS teams.
Main duties of the job
* We provide short term intensive home treatment and in‑reach into Acute Hospital settings as an extension to a Community CAMHS care package.
* We aim to support young people and their families to avoid inpatient admissions where possible and support them with recovery in a home setting.
* The team currently is made up of a skilled mix of band 7 & band 6 Mental Health Practitioners & band 4 Support Workers. We aim to work in pairs where possible, however there are times that you would be expected to work autonomously with indirect support and supervision from a registered practitioner.
* This role will be working within a specialist CAMHS eating disorder service, offering a real opportunity to develop new skills whilst also increasing your current skills and knowledge base via direct work and specialist training.
* This role also includes working with YP who are being fed via naso‑gastric (NG) tube in their home environment. You will not be providing NG feeds.
* Providing meal support, psycho‑education and emotional support to young people and their families who are affected by an eating disorder within Bristol, South Glos and North Somerset.
* Providing support in young people's homes and Acute Hospitals to prevent or decrease the length of hospital admissions where possible.
* Working alongside colleagues within the ED Home Treatment Team and wider colleagues from Acute trusts and CAMHS.
* We will also offer opportunities to access our wider CAMHS training curriculum, alongside regular individual and group supervision. You would be working amongst a skilled, supportive & caring team of registered and non‑registered practitioners.
Temporary base is currently in Perry Road, Bristol.
Right to Work in the UK
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust); a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community‑based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person‑centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
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